Sidekicks, Secret Weapons, and Superpowers

Librarians and Instructors Working Together in the North Carolina State Alt-Textbook Project

An Origin Story

Sidekick

Students as Captives, Not Consumers

Secret Weapons in the Library

Why the Library?

Aggregating Resources

Offering Expertise

Trusted Partner

Grants to . . .

• Hire a Graduate Student

• Pay for web design and hosting

• License images

• Pay for your time & expertise

Secret Weapons:

Anne BurkeUndergraduate

Instruction

Will CrossCopyright & Digital Scholarship Center

Kris AlpiVet Med

Sydney ThompsonAccess & Delivery

Services

Jason CasdenDigital Library

Initiatives

Josephine McRobbieLibraries Fellow

Madison SullivanLibraries Fellow

Support Throughout Course Design and Development

First Round (2014-15)

• 9 grants to 13 faculty members

• 8 departments

• 3 Cluster Faculty

• Saved students more than

$200,000 this year

Superpower

“as or more effective”

I Need a Hero!

“Student test scores will

improve when professional

development is provided to

teachers to help them

understand the new activities

and pedagogies made

possible by the open

textbooks.”

Leverage Technology for Innovation

Underserved Communities and

Disciplines

New Ways to Teach

and Learn

Multimedia Design and Apps in Instruction

• Grad-level distance education course

• Students incrementally, iteratively develop a working prototype

• Focus more on design principles & practices as opposed to development

• Using GitHub to host and document the discussion this year and beyond

S.M.A.R.T. Chemistry Lab

• Student generated with faculty supervision

• Short videos that present skills

• Uses QR codes to make a “smart lab” that demonstrates use of equipment

Effectiveness of Student-Generated Video as a Teaching Tool for an Instrumental Technique in the Organic Chemistry Laboratory

Journal of Chemical Education, 2015Jeremy T. Jordan, Melinda C. Box, Kristen E. Eguren, Thomas A. Parker, Victoria M. Saraldi-Gallardo, Michael I.

Wolfe, and Maria T. Gallardo-Williams

Questions

1. Do you feel prepared to take an

infrared spectrum?

2. Do you understand each step of

the procedure?

3. Why is it important to run a

background IR?

4. What does an IR spectrometer

do? Why is it important?

5. Handling salt plates requires the

use of what safety equipment?

6. Why is the above safety

requirement important?

7. What software is used in this

experiment?

8. Select the correct set of

commands for operating the IR

software.

Produces measurable gains in student outcomes

Work with Your Sidekicks and Find Your Secret Weapons

• Librarians

• Centers (teaching & learning, faculty excellence, etc.)

• Colleagues

• And who else?

Storage and Discovery

Design

Accessibility

Copyright & Licensing

Information Literacy

“You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry . . . Because I always back up my rage with

facts and documented sources”

On the Team . . .

not in the way!

Textbook Heroes Working Together